Cath w/drainage 2-way silcne at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$35.92 with Oscar vs $281.78 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Oscar MGMCR $35.92
WellMed MGMCR $36.47
Devoted Health MGMCR $36.65
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $36.65
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $36.65
Amerigroup DualEligible $36.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $36.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $36.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $36.65
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $36.65
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $36.65
BCBS MCRPPO $36.65
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $36.65
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36.65
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $36.65
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $36.65
GEO Group - Joe Corley Detention Facility GVT $36.65
Aetna MCR $36.96
Van Lang IPA MCR $37.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.04
United MCR $37.38
WellCare MCRHMO $37.75
WellCare SNP $37.75
WellCare POS $37.75
WellCare PPO $37.75
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $37.75
WellCare PFFS $37.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $38.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $38.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $38.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $38.48
Shared Health MGMCR $38.48
American Health Plan MGMCR $38.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $38.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $38.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $38.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $38.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $38.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $38.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $38.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $38.85
Molina MGMCR $39.95
BCBS BAV $40.92
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $43.98
Verda Health Plan MCR $47.65
BCBS HMO $51.08
Community Health Choice HIX $53.14
Superior ValueHMO $53.14
BCBS EPOSOA $54.06
Superior EPO $56.81
Superior HMO $56.81
BCBS PPO $57.05
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $72.57
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $76.97
Molina Healthcare HIX $78.80
Humana HMO $281.78
Humana PPO $281.78

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Cath w/drainage 2-way silcne at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $38.22 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $13.71 $22.84 – $91.35
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $38.22 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $38.22 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $38.22 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $12.25 $5.25 – $35.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $38.22 $9.93 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $13.71 $20.10 – $91.35

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